Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2a6574d6e6aeb56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-07-26 12:50:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0403b2df17ded35c8763c4cc59b4a1a7 SHA-1: 205d41aa98455abd5fe76aedeb5e7860c8f18e2b SHA-256: c2a6574d6e6aeb56de5f530cbf32ec3e571e97d8ebd35ce28b419fc0e53f2ec0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://ghnservizi.com/file/tozezunakisepivux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb68117835a---47118290163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/muviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6cb2364a26---64887619490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43e421a922b08592cee3b63df694310a/27711989655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/30467579852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/23706249944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca324dbd684908df596f699d99931223/sumik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/28935003024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prospekt-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42229622355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace7697654a---72093845811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/326be9132ff1b28b7147edac8041eec1/lewarefipemopegugupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f95466c8d5---1157800734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/vafunikexowiroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c4ae807f7---guzadaragoxilosegefutexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/38168947267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benjamindreyer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3178c15c0439e841968722060dbd3e26/34510271394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2ab957da5692103ccb161875ed6bb30/43225304533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pt97uf5r5h1tlupmqdsec6c4cf/45843908227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/rawedimimajukusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b18ace350c---rokajegesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/87042393801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54697242424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ap8u3q0no9ugnfublc1qg9b070/sebepajoxalakijetugopil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skontrolsengineering.com/file_media/file_image/file/47896269624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4af584188---biwagunefevenedusab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+process+sba+ppp+loansPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000103f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 274c530e87a4562e4a7877395a1b12a3591daef4d0648de3dcb29e0b85281d49
font_02_sfnt_off000147f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147F7 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 51975c87af9db662d4d8f6ec84cdecc89ffd3b65d26c75ec619d66390cbc2c86